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Earth
Earth represents endurance, resistance to disease
and wounds, and tirelessness.
Earth is the most important element because without
it, you may not be able to sustain yourself through the wielding
of great powers. You can be smart or sensitive or pushy, but if
you tire out before the end, you'll never win the race! Characters
with low Earth scores will be exhausted after walking the Pattern
or performing similar endeavors, and will not be able to sustain
themselves in rituals for long periods.
Earth is associated with the power of Shapeshifting.
Of your uncles, Uncle Corwin is supposed to be the
toughest. He was blinded by Uncle Eric after his unsuccessful attack
on Amber, but regrew his eyes while imprisoned. And he has probably
walked the Pattern more often than any of his brothers.
I regenerate faster and better than anybody I've
ever known.
-- Corwin, Nine Princes in Amber
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Water
Water represents sensitivity, feelings, wisdom, and
intuition.
Water is the most important element because without
it, you can never really instinctively work with the greater powers.
And it's easy to manipulate the stolid, the overly rational, and
the restlessly energetic with a high Water score! With a low Water,
a character cannot hope to be a truly great metaphysicist -- and
she will never know when her relatives are lying to her.
Water is associated with the power of Trump.
Of your uncles, Uncle Brand was supposed to be the
most sensitive. He was the greatest of your great-grandfather Dworkin's
students and one the few creators of Trumps. Some people speculate
that his sensitivity was what drove him mad.
If you did not prepare that Trump, who did?
My best pupil. Your son Brand.
-- Corwin (as Oberon) and Dworkin, The Hand
of Oberon
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Air
Air represents keenness, intelligence, wit, awareness,
and erudition.
Air is the most important element because it is key
to everything. Air is necessary to understand how the universe and
the arcane powers work rather than just guessing. Air is also important
for mastering the strategy and tactics of war. If your plan is good
enough, you will overcome those who operate on gut instinct, who
rush in where angels fear to tread, and those who just wait out
the storm. Characters who are low in Air will be outplanned and
outthought by their brighter opponents.
Air is associated with the power of Sorcery.
Of your uncles, Uncle Benedict is supposed to be
the sharpest. He is a master of strategy, having studied warfare
in thousands of shadows. His brilliance and mastery of weapons tactics
have won him a reputation as a swordsman without peer.
Having served under Napoleon, Lee, and MacArthur,
I appreciated the tactician as well as the strategist. Benedict
was both and he was the best I had ever known.
-- Corwin, Sign of the Unicorn
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| Fire
Fire represents forcefulness, energy, daring, charisma,
and weapons prowess.
Fire is the most important element because drive
and energy are what keeps you ahead of your relatives. It does you
no good to make brilliant plans or sense all the undercurrents or
stick it out toughly if you never have the drive to get ahead! And
of course, a character who is low in Fire will have a tough time
surviving when it comes down to bared steel, as it so often does.
Fire is associated with the power of Pattern.
Of your uncles, Uncle Eric was supposed to be the
most forceful. He took the crown after your grandfather's disappearance
and defeated an army led by two of his brothers to hold it. Even
the combined effects of several years of incursions by Chaos, a
blood curse, and two armies attacking were not enough to defeat
him -- he died fighting.
What an enormous chutzpah you possess. What
makes you better than the rest of us, and more fit to rule?
The fact that I was able to occupy the throne. Try
and take it.
-- Corwin and Eric, Nine Princes in Amber
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